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When you write about or adapt into cinema certain truths of society, people who are themselves part of the very things being criticized can find elements in the story that they perceive as false or taboo. Yet these are in fact naked realities that exist within the ordinary flow of life and that we must accept. The entrenched taboos and conservative moral frameworks of society, however, narrow our perspectives and blind us to cinematic truth. Sam Mendes’s 1999 masterpiece American Beauty is one o

Val Kilmer, whose full name is Val Edward Kilmer, was born on 31 December 1959 in Los Angeles and is a versatile actor who has demonstrated his talent in the United States in theater, cinema and television fields. Throughout his career he has worked on commercial productions and independent projects, taking on various dramatic roles as an actor with a theater background. Early Life and Education Val Kilmer was born in 1959 in the state of California. His mother is Gladys Swanette and his father